First Chechen War information

First Chechen War
	Part of the Chechen–Russian; conflict and post-Soviet conflicts
	; A Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter brought down by Chechen fighters near the Chechen capital of Grozny in 1994.
Date	11 December 1994 – 31 August 1996 (1 year, 8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location	Chechnya and parts of Ingushetia, Stavropol Krai and Dagestan, Russia
Result	Chechen victory Khasavyurt Accord; Treaty of Moscow; Withdrawal of the Russian army; Continuation of Chechnya's de facto independence until the second Chechen war;
Belligerents
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Foreign volunteers: Foreign Mujahideen; UNA-UNSO; Grey Wolves;	Russia Loyalist opposition;
Commanders and leaders
Dzhokhar Dudayev X; Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev; Aslan Maskhadov; Ruslan Gelayev; Shamil Basayev; Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev; Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev; Vakha Arsanov; Salman Raduyev; Lecha Khultygov; Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev; Akhmed Zakayev; Dokka Umarov; Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov; Ramzan Akhmadov ; Akhmad Kadyrov ; Ibn Al-Khattab; Oleksandr Muzychko;	Boris Yeltsin; Pavel Grachev; Anatoly Kulikov ; Vladimir Shamanov; Anatoly Shkirko [ru]; Anatoly Kvashnin ; Anatoly Romanov ; Konstantin Pulikovsky ; Nikolay-Skrypnik [ru] †; Viktor Vorobyov [ru] †; Doku Zavgayev; Ruslan Labazanov
Strength
1,000 (1994) ; Approx. 6,000 (late 1994) ; 200	23,800 (1994) ; estimated 250,000 (1995)
Casualties and losses
Official estimates: ; 3,000 (Chechen estimate) ; 2,500–2,700 (Russian official data); Independent estimates: Approx. 3,000 killed (Nezavimisaya) ; 2,700 killed (Memorial) ; 4 [citation needed]	Russian estimate: ; 5,732 soldiers killed or missing ; 17,892 wounded; Independent estimates:; 14,000 killed (CSMR) ; Over 8,500 killed or missing. Up to 52,000 wounded (Moscow Times)
	100,000–130,000 civilians killed (Bonner) ; 80,000–100,000 civilians killed (Human rights groups estimate) ; 30,000–40,000 civilians killed (RFSSS data) ; At least 161 civilians killed outside Chechnya; 500,000+ civilians displaced[citation needed]

The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a struggle for independence waged by the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria against the Russian Federation from December 11th, 1994 to August 31st, 1996. This conflict was preceded by the battle of Grozny in November 1994, during which Russia covertly sought to overthrow the new Chechen government. Following the intense Battle of Grozny in 1994–1995, which concluded as a pyrrhic victory for the Russian federal forces, their subsequent efforts to establish control over the remaining lowlands and mountainous regions of Chechnya were met with fierce resistance from Chechen guerrillas who often conducted surprise raids.

Despite Russia's considerable military advantages, the recapture of Grozny in 1996 significantly demoralised Russian troops. This development led Boris Yeltsin's government to announce a ceasefire with the Chechens in 1996 and ultimately culminated in the signing of a peace treaty in 1997.

The official Russian estimate of Russian military deaths was 5,732, but according to other estimates, the number of Russian military deaths was as high as 14,000.^[25] According to various estimates, the number of Chechen military deaths was approximately 3,000–10,000,^[17] the number of Chechen civilian deaths was between 30,000 and 100,000. Over 200,000 Chechen civilians may have been injured, more than 500,000 people were displaced, and cities and villages were reduced to rubble across the republic.^[26]

^ "TURKISH VOLUNTEERS IN CHECHNYA". Jamestown.
^ Amjad M. Jaimoukha (2005). The Chechens: A Handbook. Psychology Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-415-32328-4.
^ Politics of Conflict: A Survey, p. 68, at Google Books
^ Energy and Security in the Caucasus, p. 66, at Google Books
^ "Radical Ukrainian Nationalism and the War in Chechnya". Jamestown. -UNSO's "Argo" squad -Viking Brigade
^ Cooley, John K. (2002). Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism (3rd ed.). London: Pluto Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-7453-1917-9. A Turkish Fascist youth group, the "Grey Wolves," was recruited to fight with the Chechens.
^ Goltz, Thomas (2003). Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-312-26874-9. I called a well-informed diplomat pal and arranged to meet him at a bar favored by the pan-Turkic crowd known as the Gray Wolves, who were said to be actively supporting the Chechens with men and arms.
...the Azerbaijani Gray Wolf leader, Iskander, Hamidov...
^ Isingor, Ali (6 September 2000). "Istanbul: Gateway to a holy war". CNN. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.
^ "Grey Wolves in Syria". Egypt Today. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Galeotti, Mark (2014). Russia's War in Chechnya 1994–2009. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78200-279-6.
^ "Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy" (PDF). World Bank Document. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ Lutz, Raymond R. (April 1997). "Russian Strategy In Chechnya: a Case Study in Failure". Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ "Radical Ukrainian Nationalism and the War in Chechnya". Jamestown. The Jamestown Foundation.
^ Кривошеев, Г. Ф., ed. (2001). Россия и СССР в войнах XX века. Потери вооруженных сил (in Russian). Олма-Пресс. p. 581. ISBN 5-224-01515-4.
^ Кривошеев, Г. Ф., ed. (2001). Россия и СССР в войнах XX века. Потери вооруженных сил (in Russian). Олма-Пресс. p. 582. ISBN 5-224-01515-4.
^ Кривошеев, Г. Ф., ed. (2001). Россия и СССР в войнах XX века. Потери вооруженных сил (in Russian). Олма-Пресс. p. 584. ISBN 5-224-01515-4.
^ ^a ^b "Война, проигранная по собственному желанию".
^ "Первая чеченская война – 20 лет назад". 11 December 2014.
^ "The War in Chechnya". MN-Files. Mosnews.com. 2007-02-07. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008.
^ Saradzhyan, Simon (2005-03-09). "Army Learned Few Lessons From Chechnya". Moscow Times.
^ Andrei, Sakharov (4 November 1999). "The Second Chechen War". Reliefweb. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
^ Gordon, Michael R. (4 September 1996). "Human Rights Violations in Chechnya". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2002-12-28. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
^ Felgenhauer, Pavel. "The Russian Army in Chechnya". Crimes of War. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ Cherkasov, Alexander. "Book of Numbers, Book of Losses, Book of the Final Judgment". Polit.ru. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
^ Cite error: The named reference jamestown was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "The War That Continues to Shape Russia, 25 Years Later". The New York Times. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2020-09-08.

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[jamestown.org-1] "TURKISH VOLUNTEERS IN CHECHNYA". Jamestown.

[Chechens_p237-2] Amjad M. Jaimoukha (2005). The Chechens: A Handbook. Psychology Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-415-32328-4.

[3] Politics of Conflict: A Survey, p. 68, at Google Books

[4] Energy and Security in the Caucasus, p. 66, at Google Books

[5] "Radical Ukrainian Nationalism and the War in Chechnya". Jamestown. -UNSO's "Argo" squad -Viking Brigade

[Cooley-6] Cooley, John K. (2002). Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America and International Terrorism (3rd ed.). London: Pluto Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-7453-1917-9. A Turkish Fascist youth group, the "Grey Wolves," was recruited to fight with the Chechens.

[Goltz-7] Goltz, Thomas (2003). Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-312-26874-9. I called a well-informed diplomat pal and arranged to meet him at a bar favored by the pan-Turkic crowd known as the Gray Wolves, who were said to be actively supporting the Chechens with men and arms.
...the Azerbaijani Gray Wolf leader, Iskander, Hamidov...

[Isingor-8] Isingor, Ali (6 September 2000). "Istanbul: Gateway to a holy war". CNN. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.

[Egypt_Today-9] "Grey Wolves in Syria". Egypt Today. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[10] Galeotti, Mark (2014). Russia's War in Chechnya 1994–2009. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78200-279-6.

[11] "Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy" (PDF). World Bank Document. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[lutz97-12] Lutz, Raymond R. (April 1997). "Russian Strategy In Chechnya: a Case Study in Failure". Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2017.

[13] "Radical Ukrainian Nationalism and the War in Chechnya". Jamestown. The Jamestown Foundation.

[14] Кривошеев, Г. Ф., ed. (2001). Россия и СССР в войнах XX века. Потери вооруженных сил (in Russian). Олма-Пресс. p. 581. ISBN 5-224-01515-4.

[15] Кривошеев, Г. Ф., ed. (2001). Россия и СССР в войнах XX века. Потери вооруженных сил (in Russian). Олма-Пресс. p. 582. ISBN 5-224-01515-4.

[16] Кривошеев, Г. Ф., ed. (2001). Россия и СССР в войнах XX века. Потери вооруженных сил (in Russian). Олма-Пресс. p. 584. ISBN 5-224-01515-4.

[nvo.ng.ru-18] "Война, проигранная по собственному желанию".

[19] "Первая чеченская война – 20 лет назад". 11 December 2014.

[The_War_in_Chechnya-21] "The War in Chechnya". MN-Files. Mosnews.com. 2007-02-07. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008.

[Saradzhyan-22] Saradzhyan, Simon (2005-03-09). "Army Learned Few Lessons From Chechnya". Moscow Times.

[23] Andrei, Sakharov (4 November 1999). "The Second Chechen War". Reliefweb. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[civdeath-24] Gordon, Michael R. (4 September 1996). "Human Rights Violations in Chechnya". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2002-12-28. Retrieved 2013-11-23.

[25] Felgenhauer, Pavel. "The Russian Army in Chechnya". Crimes of War. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2022.

[chechenlosses-26] Cherkasov, Alexander. "Book of Numbers, Book of Losses, Book of the Final Judgment". Polit.ru. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

[jamestown-28] Cite error: The named reference jamestown was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[The_New_York_Times_2019-29] "The War That Continues to Shape Russia, 25 Years Later". The New York Times. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2020-09-08.

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